Capturing the Western Eye

A series on the history and practice of propaganda

This is the first part of a series I shall do on propaganda.

I begin with an introduction to propaganda.

I will then speak about

• The Mass Production of Belief

• Ways of Seeing

• Forgetting and Remembrance

• Institutions and Illusions

• Madness as Separation from the World

I will mention the names and types of propaganda and give some examples of its successful absorption into a reality in which you may yourself believe.

Subsequent parts will treat subjects such as revolution, memes and the shaping of the modern mind.

Introduction to Propaganda

Propaganda seeks to obliterate the why with the what. Its purpose is to colonise minds, making of them an empire of opinion.

About warfighting, Napoleon said

“A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him.”